Automotive Electronics Application Network News on August 18, according to reports, recently, Bosch China Executive Vice President Xu Daquan posted a message via WeChat Moments, saying that due to the serious epidemic in Malaysia, a semiconductor chip supplier’s Muar factory in Malaysia has continued the previous epidemic due to the new epidemic. The factory was shut down for several weeks, and some production lines were shut down by the local government until August 21. Bosch ESP/IPB, VCU, TCU and other chips will be directly affected, and it is expected that the supply will be basically out of supply in August.

Malaysia is facing the severe situation of the new crown epidemic, and the situation in the Muar factory of the semiconductor chip supplier is even more severe. More than 3,000 employees are reported to have been infected with hundreds of people, and more than 20 employees have been sacrificed due to the epidemic.

Malaysia is a global semiconductor production center. There are more than 50 semiconductor companies in Malaysia, including Intel, Infineon, STMicroelectronics, NXP, Texas Instruments, ON Semiconductor and other international semiconductor giants. The repeated epidemic has also caused many semiconductor companies to have to Stop production and work.

For example, in June of this year, the Malaysian government announced that it would implement a "comprehensive movement control order" across the country from June 1 to 14, causing Infineon's local factories to be forced to suspend production. In addition, several semiconductor companies such as NXP and Renesas in Malaysia have also pressed the pause button.

The shortage of chips will cause huge production losses in the automotive industry. According to recent statistics from Auto Forecast Solutions, as of August 9 this year, the global reduction in auto production due to chip shortages has reached 5.853 million.